National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Illinois 64, Michigan 52
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 12, 2015
Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois
Officials: # Chris Beaver, # Terry Oglesby, # Larry Scirotto
Attendance: 8717

lllinois 64, Michigan 52 (OT): Kendrick Nunn scored 21 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer, as the Fighting Illini outscored the visiting Wolverines 14-2 in overtime to earn their fourth straight win.

Ahmad Starks added 12 points and four steals off the bench while Malcolm Hill produced 11 points and six rebounds for Illinois (17-8, 7-5, Big Ten), which overcame 38.7 percent shooting. Rayvonte Rice finished with four points after missing the previous nine games due to injury/suspension while Nnanna Egwu secured 12 rebounds.

Spike Albrecht led the way with 13 points and five assists for Michigan (13-12, 6-7), which has dropped its last three overtime games. Max Bielfeldt tallied 12 points and seven rebounds while Aubrey Dawkins had nine points in a reserve role for the Wolverines, who blew a seven-point lead with less than five minutes to go.

Albrecht connected from beyond the arc to put the Wolverines ahead 48-41 before Nunn knocked down a jumper and drained a clutch 3-pointer to even the score at 50 with 1:25 left in regulation. Zak Irvin and Hill missed chances to win it late in regulation before Illinois ran off the first 14 points of overtime to snap an eight-game skid in the series with Michigan.

Bielfeldt scored six points as part of a 12-2 run to put the Wolverines in front 18-12 and they went on to take a 22-20 lead at intermission despite shooting 32.1 percent from the floor. Irvin and Dawkins buried back-to-back 3-pointers to put Michigan on top 36-28 before Hill scored nine straight points for the Fighting Illini a short time later as they trimmed the deficit to 43-39.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Illinois committed seven turnovers while Michigan finished with 12. … Fighting Illini G Jaylon Tate has made 28 straight free throws. … Wolverines PG Derrick Walton Jr. missed his fifth straight game with a toe injury.
Top Game Performances
 
Michigan   Illinois
Spike Albrecht 13 Scoring Kendrick Nunn 21
Spike Albrecht 5 Assists Ahmad Starks 4
Zak Irvin 8 Rebounds Nnanna Egwu 12
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 2 Free Throws Made Kendrick Nunn 5
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 2 Steals Ahmad Starks 4
Zak Irvin 1 Blocks Nnanna Egwu 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Michigan 52 36.8 4-17 6-6 8 31 1 5 12
Illinois 64 38.7 7-22 9-13 13 38 5 10 7